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Article #73895Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication
From: Scott Horne
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1991 07:38
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1991 07:38
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In article <1991Jul16.211832.6685@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
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<Let's not attack the notion of patenting SOFTWARE or algorithms specifically,
<but rather let's attach the fact that the patent office is issuing patents
<on OBVIOUS things that happen to be described or implemented in terms of a
<field (software) they are not capable of determining obvious from non-obvious.
What's so esoteric about the field of software that puts these determinations
beyond the mental abilities of patent-office underlings? They see patent
requests for everything from backing store to yak breeding. What's so
difficult about *reading* the damn patent application, saying "Gee, deciding
on a way to program something doesn't seem to be a very significant
intellectual accomplishment", and reaching for the `REJECTED' stamp?
--Scott
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9a4c815047ed049b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-19 02:39:26 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!cs.yale.edu!cs.yale.edu!horne-scott From: horne-scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patent on a standard-byte order for intermachine communication Message-ID: <1991Jul19.073809.18997@cs.yale.edu> Date: 19 Jul 91 07:38:09 GMT References: <8061@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Jul16.130413.10616@news.larc.nasa.gov> <1991Jul16.211832.6685@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Computer "Science" Dept, Yale University Lines: 21 Originator: horne@suned.CS.Yale.Edu Nntp-Posting-Host: zoo-gw.cs.yale.edu